Publications by authors named "C Strike"
Importance: Safer supply programs were implemented in Canada to provide pharmaceutical-grade alternatives to the toxic unregulated drug supply. While research shows clinical benefits and reduced overdose mortality among safer supply patients, medication diversion remains a concern.
Objective: To examine provider (prescribing clinicians and allied health professionals) and patient perspectives on diversion of opioids prescribed in safer supply programs.
Setting: The crisis of unregulated fentanyl-related overdose deaths presents a significant public health challenge. This article describes the implementation and evaluation of four Safer Opioid Supply programs (SSPs) in Ontario, one in London and three in Toronto.
Intervention And Implementation: SSPs aim to curtail overdose fatalities while connecting individuals using drugs to healthcare services.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how the perception of substance use has shifted in Canada from moral, criminal, and medical views to a public health approach over the past 120 years.
- A systematic review of academic literature identified 64 relevant articles published between 1896 and 2020 that trace this evolution.
- Key findings highlight a transition from considering alcohol as a social problem to framing it as a public health issue, with recent focus on harm reduction and policy reform.